Smartphone Destroyed A Generation: Article Analysis

Jean M. Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego University in her article “Has the Smartphone Destroyed a generation?”Asserts about the tragic changes happening to the generation in this smartphone era. The new generation teens hesitate to interact with real people and they do not have a choice without ipads or iphones (59). The Twenge have been researching about this generational difference. The sudden change in the “behaviors and emotional states” in teen results the departing of the peculiar characteristics of the millennial generation (59). The iGen , who are the teen members of this generation are entirely different from the millennial not only in their views but also “how they spend their time (59). The overuse of phone affects the mental health and they show a
They are not willing to explore the freedom of their age and are always depends on the parents. The gen Xers were boosted their expense through jobs while today’s teens dislike the teen employment system because “their social life is lived on their phones [only]”, (63). Twenge confirmed that during his time, they were eagerly waiting for the day which they turned sixteen, to get the driver’s license. But at present, youngsters are “less likely to leave the house without their parents” (61). That is the reason why “they are physically safer than teens ever have been” (61). Changes in the economic status and parenting play a significant role in the changeover of the attitude of teens. Twenge indicates that “Non-screen activities like social interaction, games, and physical exercise” make happier to teens than the “screen activities” (63). Screen time is directly co-relative to the unhappiness and loneliness. Teenage girls are more victim of this disaster than the boys. They display more “depressive symptom”